Legal Opinion
Cafferty v. Scotti Bros. Records, Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided June 27, 1997No. 93 CIV. 5914(DC)PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CHIN, District Judge.
In 1983, the movie “Eddie and the Cruisers” was released. It told the story of a fictitious struggling rock and roll band. The songs performed by the band in the movie were dubbed by a real-life band, John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band. Cafferty also wrote most of the songs and scoring music for the film. A soundtrack album was produced and released.
The record company that produced the soundtrack album signed Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band to a contract for the creation of records in their own name. Two such albums were released. In real life, however, the…
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